FIELD TEST OF 4G LTE 1800 MHZ DEPLOYMENT IN DENSE-URBAN ENVIRONMENT IN THAILAND

Settapong Malisuwan, Dithdanai Milindavanij, Noppadol Tiamnara

Abstract: LTE as a high speed and high bandwidth technology is not expected to supersede 3G but rather to complement it, as consumers’ demand for data is insatiable. Therefore, operators globally are rushing for LTE deployment in order to increase data supply both in terms of bandwidth and speed. In this paper, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission of Thailand provides the results of LTE deployment field test in order to educate the academia and stakeholders in the telecommunications industry on LTE deployment standards and to contribute to further research on LTE deployment. An end to end LTE system was setup using a 2 x 15 MHz bandwidth in the 1800 MHz band, and measurement were taken to assess system performance and the applicability of LTE system operations. The results of the field test shows that the LTE system has sufficient performance for use in the field. The drive test performed was with only one UE active in the cell. Testing of applications traditional used in a fixed internet protocol network showed that it could provide excellent results even on the LTE system

Keywords: Field Test, LTE, Dense – urban, Throughput

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2015.0412047